Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense is a football team based in Ibi, Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded in 1930, they play in , holding home matches at the Francisco Vilaplana Mariel, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

History Founded in 1930 as Unión Deportiva Ibense, the club merged with another Rayo in the city in 1956 to form Rayo Ibense Club de Fútbol. They first achieved promotion to Tercera División three years later, and spent nine consecutive seasons in the third tier before suffering relegation.

In 1987, after another four-year spell in Tercera, Rayo Ibense were renamed to Sociedad Deportiva Ibi. The club ceased activities in 1996, five years after being renamed to Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense, but returned to action in the following year under the same name.

Rayo Ibense returned to the fourth tier in 2017, after a 32-year absence. In 2019 they suffered relegation, and achieved promotion to the Tercera Federación in June 2022.

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1956–5744th1957–5845th1958–5941st1959–6033ª11th1960–6133ª11th1961–6233ª12th1962–6333ª10th1963–6433ª7th1964–6533ª7th1965–6633ª7th1966–6733ª13th1967–6833ª12th1968–69413th1969–70410th1970–71418th1971–72420th1972–7353rd1973–74418th1974–7551st1975–76419thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1976–774Reg. Pref.14th1977–785Reg. Pref.12th1978–7961ª Reg.2nd1979–8061ª Reg.1st1980–815Reg. Pref.4th1981–825Reg. Pref.7th1982–835Reg. Pref.3rd1983–8443ª14th1984–8543ª11th1985–8643ª16th1986–8743ª19th1987–885Reg. Pref.20th1988–8961ª Reg.1st1989–905Reg. Pref.11th1990–915Reg. Pref.18th1991–9261ª Reg.4th1992–9361ª Reg.4th1993–9461ª Reg.4th1994–9561ª Reg.16th1995–9661ª Reg.17th SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1996–97DNP1997–9872ª Reg.2nd1998–9961ª Reg.10th1999–200061ª Reg.15th2000–0172ª Reg.4th2001–0272ª Reg.18th2002–0372ª Reg.3rd2003–0461ª Reg.13th2004–0561ª Reg.2nd2005–0661ª Reg.6th2006–0761ª Reg.13th2007–0861ª Reg.10th2008–0961ª Reg.9th2009–1061ª Reg.6th2010–1161ª Reg.2nd2011–125Reg. Pref.16th2012–1361ª Reg.1st2013–145Reg. Pref.4th2014–155Reg. Pref.1st2015–1643ª10thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2016–1743ª12th2017–1843ª15th2018–1943ª18th2019–205Reg. Pref.3rd2020–215Reg. Pref.4th2021–226Reg. Pref.2nd2022–2353ª Fed.13th2023–2453ª Fed.15th2024–2553ª Fed.18th2025–266Lliga Com.9th2026–276Lliga Com.

17 seasons in Tercera División 3 seasons in Tercera Federación

References

External links Soccerway team profile